Jason Roberts

Jason Roberts is a former semi-pro baseball player who was invited to try-out with the Chicago Cubs. He is the President and founder of Jefferson Lightning Travel Baseball Program. He also coaches in the Jefferson Township Little League program, holds clinics for baseball players and coaches, and never seems to run out of energy when it comes to his love of baseball or support for local youth baseball teams.

Matt Malejko

Matt Malejko, director of coaches for the Jefferson Lightning Travel Baseball Program, brings an abundance of baseball knowledge and experience. A collegiate All-American and member of the LSU Tigers Division I College World Series team, Matt also coaches in the Jefferson Township Little League program and runs baseball clinics. Matt is currently ranked in the top 5 athletes, of all time, for Morris County.

Vincent Bello

Vincent Bello was All State baseball in 1990, All County football and baseball in 1989 and 1990, and State champion in baseball in 1989, all while attending Marist High School. Mr. Bello received a scholarship to Faulkner State JC on the campus of South Alabama, then transferred to Dominion College where he was captain of the baseball team in 1995. Vin was the Athletic Director and head baseball coach of Marist High School. Vin has coached at New Jersey City U. and is currently the Varsity Baseball Coach at Pope John. He was named NJ Herald Coach of the year in 2001 and 2002. In his 15 years of coaching high school baseball, he has coached twelve Division 1 baseball players.

Kristyn DePasquale

Kristyn is a 2001 graduate of Jefferson Township High School, where she was a varsity softball pitcher. She is the record holder for both Jefferson Township and the State of NJ, for earning most wins over the coarse of 4 years as the starter varsity pitcher. She is a Fastpitch Windmill pitching instructor since 2001 and has 9 years of training experience and 11 years playing experience, as well as being certified in Personal Training. Krystyn offers private 30-minute pitching lessons for ages eight to the college level. Her lessons focus on proper and safe pitching mechanics while also building speed. Breaking pitches are taught once a fastball is mastered properly. Also offered are intermediate to advanced level pitching lessons which will also incorporate interval training exercises into the 30-minute private lesson to help condition the body and build more strength and endurance.